Tuesday, March 26, 2013

UCP with Aries Zulkarnain and Elim Chew @ SODE

On the 23rd March, I have got the privilege to attend an up-close and personal, 2 hours session with Aries
Zulkarnain and Elim Chew held at City College, organized by the cool people at SODE. Aries Zulkarnain is the director of a successful
multi-million dollar family owned business in Jakarta, Indonesia. He is also the co-founder of
Tarpa brand.

Elim Chew is the founder of the street wear brand, 77th
Street. She has been a part of many on-going community campaigns. Elim also sat in over 20 committees. She
chaired and co-chaired several public service, youth and community groups
including the Programming Committee for *scape. *scape was an iconic youth
community space for free expressions supported by MCYS and National
Youth Council of Singapore (NYC)
and Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) of Ministry of Trade and
Industry. She was a member on the Board of Trustees, Entrepreneurship
Committee and Investment Committee at the National University of
Singapore.She got the award for
the most Promising Woman Entrepreneur in 2001 by the Singapore Association of
Small and Medium Enterprises

I learnt alot from the both of them. Their passion for business and how it's so important to connect with the people we meet.

Some of the quotes that impacted me, from the session:
"As much as possible, there should be minimum expenditure when starting business - if possible spend none at all."

"Whether we are running, having a meal; always comes back with an idea."

"Never have illusions, so that we will not have disillusions. Because if I get disllusions, i'll soon lose sight of my life and visions."

Perhaps one of the best question ever ask that day, was raised by Aries Zulkarnain

"Can
you start out in life pursuing audacious ventures, or do you need to build
reputation, relationships & resources first?"

"I think everybody who creates something is doing something
audacious. Because the most difficult time is when you are starting from
scratch with no financial backing--just an idea. So true audaciousness comes
about with just thosepeople
who have the pluck and the courage to say, "Screw it; let's do it." ~
Sir Richard Branson shared by Pst Aries. You can read more of the interview at http://www.inc.com/magazine/201211/leigh-buchanan/sir-audacity-richard-branson.html.

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About Joshua Tay

Joshua Tay is a freelance concept illustrator and an arts trainer, based in Singapore, who has been creating artworks for more than 7 years. He specialize in character creations, creative intellectual properties and concept arts & designs for lifestyle & entertainment. In 2007, he was awarded 2nd Runners Up in Mangaka 07; a Singapore digital arts competition. In 2010, his design was awarded Top 10 Designs for Youth.sg Tote Bag design Competition 2010. In the same year, Joshua was honoured to be featured in Spotted! section of Culturepush in the month of February 2010. In the ImagineFX Issue 86, Joshua's artworks were featured in the DVD Readers' FXPose Gallery. He also started "365 Days of Sketches", an initiative to encourage drawing every day, 365 days a year. He is also the creator of 阿毛日记, a story about a fictional local neighbourhood kid who is curious about everything in the world.